Open UBC 2012 at UBC:

– A “utopia” vision for open access (Dieter Stein – Open science theme)

– “I want my lectures to be set free – and really open!” (Jon Beasley Murray – Open education theme)

– ‘[P]rojected change in catch potential in 50 years – no whales, penguins, krill and other species will be gone’ (Daniel Pauly – Open science theme)

– “I am the perfect poster child for bugs mistakes things that don’t work out so open science!” (Rosie Redfield – Open science theme)

– ‘Band members can access and use materials for research with research permit & applications – allows control of what/how can be used’ (Jason Woolman – Open access and the arts theme)

– “The status quo isn’t the only way to disseminate research.” (Heather Piwowar – Open science theme)

Open UBC 2012 presentations and various webcasts are coming soon to cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository!

Open Access Week 2012 at large:

– “Open Access Explained!” video [ http://www.openaccessweek.org/video/open-access-explained ]

– Peter Suber released a new book on Open Access [ http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/open-access ]

– A new digital publication, Open Access Now, was launched [ http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2012/10/22/open-access-now-launched/ ]

– Splendid #Repository Stuff” for #OpenAccess Week [ http://www.openaccessweek.org/profiles/blogs/splendid-stuff-for-open-access-week-letters-from-the-smithsonian ]

The 2011 issues of the annual Sea Around Us Project Newsletter are available in cIRcle at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/41119. It has been accessed from all over the globe, for example, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Columbia, France, Germany, Guatemala, Israel, Jamaica, Spain, Taiwan, Ukraine, and the United States of America.
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